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Harry Reid: I say to my friend, for each child who is kept from graduating from school, does the Senator recognize the cost on our…

On the recordJuly 11, 2000
I say to my friend, for each child who is kept from graduating from school, does the Senator recognize the cost on our society when that child drops out of school? Mr. President, 3,000 children drop out of school each day. It costs our society untold suffering. That child unable to graduate from high school is less than they could be. It adds to the cost of the criminal justice system. It adds to the cost of the welfare system. It adds to the cost ultimately of the education system. Is the Senator also aware that 84 percent of the people who are in prisons in America today have no high school education?
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing the societal costs of high school dropouts.

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